Repair-clip.



J. C. DE NOYER.

REPAIR CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 1917.

1,%7,087. Patented Nov. 20, 1917.

(I a D N JosErH 0. DE NOYER, or STA REPAi A pneatibn an April "5,

To all whom it may concern.

M Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. Dr Noyes; a citizen cf the United States residing at Starkweather, in the county of Ramsey and State of North Dakota, have intented certain new and useful Improvements in RepainClips; and I dohereby declare the 01 lowing to be a full, clear, and enact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same, g

This invention relates to improvements in repair clips. j y

The object of this invention, is to provide a clip especiallyv adapted for use in connection with loose-leaf ledgers, whereby when the openingsin the loose-leaf ledger pull ou a clip may be arranged over-the opening; and is constructed so as to provide means whereby the opening maybe repaired by the walls of the opening being siibstitut'ed, so that the leaves may be replaced in the ledger and thereby obviating the necessity of rewriting the leaf or destroyingthe original leaf and substitutingthe sanie with a new one, and also preveiiting loss of the sheet from the ledger.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a repair clip which is adapted to be used in connection with loose-leaf ledgers when the wall of the opening has been pulled out. The clip is then placed over the opening to form the walls of the original opening, to thereby render the leaf capable of being replaced in the ledger and avoiding loss of the sheet.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a repair clip for loose-leaf ledgers which is formed of a single piece of wire looped to provide a device capable of being applied about an opening in the leaf of the ledger when the opening has been pulled out, thereby obviating the necessity of rewriting the entire sheet of the ledger and preventing the loss of this leaf due to the fact that the opening has been pulled out, the same can easily be lost from the ledger.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a repair clip of this character, which will be simple, practical and comparatively inexpensive in construction and one that can be manufactured and sold at a low cost:

specification of Letters l ateiit.

RKWEATHER; NORTH DAKOTA.-

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Patented Nov. 20; 1917 1917. Serial N01 160, d 2?. i I I: I I

these other'objects new," the nve t on consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter'i'n'ore any described 'set forth in are claims hereto appended:

In the drawing: I Figure 1 is a plan view illustratingniy nnpro'ved clip; applied to a ledger sheety A 1g, a pl'anyiew of the clip as made lnajccord'ance with this invention;

numerals of referencedesignate an; responding parts in all the figures of the r' w igl Referringmore particularly to the drawing; the numeral 1 designates a rectangular loose-leaf ledger sheet, which'is provided adjacent its upper edge with the paced openings 2, which openings facilitatethe I securing-pf the device in the ledger and thissheet illustrates' my improved clip in i i'th f as p l My improved clip designated in vits .en tirety ,the numeral 3 I sin. glepie-ce of resilient mediate its ends as ate to' p'rovid'e a vertical 5; I and the upwardly and inwardly inclined-arm 71 The arm- 5 is of a grea'thi' n t t e th a m ,7 a d, ha its xtreme ujpper'. ,terminal bent at right anglestnereto as 8 and overlies the terminal of the arm 7. The terminal of the horizontal portion 8 is bent downwardly as at 9 to provide the spaced parallel arm, which cooperates with the vertical arm 5 to provide the supporting members.

per ends thereof, and this loop is adapted to surround the openings 2 in the ledger to form the walls of the same so that the ledger sheet may be replaced in the ledger and loss of the same obviated.

It can be readily understood that the upper horizontal wall 8 limits the movement of the device on the sheet and the mem- The terminal of the arm 9is curved inwardly as at 10 and looped as at is constructed of w re, curved 1nt'er-' her 16 and arms 5 and 7 retain the same thereon and position the loop 12 about the openings 2 in the sheet.

lVhen in use:

The ledger sheet has applied thereto, the clip 3 when the wall of the opening 2 has pulled away as shown at 18, and it can be readily seen that the portion 4 and arms 5 and 7 are located on the rear sheet, thus p0- sitioning the arms 9, 1% and 16 on the forward face of the sheet, forcing the horizontal portion 8 into engagement with the upper edge of the sheet and positioning or locating the loop 12 about the opening 2, thus constituting a new opening, which receives the ring or fastening means for securing the leaf back into the ledger.

What is claimed is:

1. A repair clip comprising a pair of clamping members, adapted to engage the opposite sides of a ledger sheet to secure the clip thereto and a loop carried by and lo cated in the plane of one of said members.

2. A clip for a loose leaf ledger sheet having a loop adapted to engage the sheet and register with the opening in the sheet, and means carried by the loop engaging the opposite sides of the sheet to secure the clip thereto.

3. A clip for loose leaf ledger sheets comprising a pair of clamping members adapted to engage the opposite sides of the sheet, and a loop adapted to engage the sheet and register with the opening in the sheet.

4. A clip for loose leaf ledger sheets comprising a pair of clamping members adapted to be engaged with opposite sides of the sheets, and a loop located in the plane of @oples of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each. by addressing the "learner one of said members and adapted to engage the sheets and. register with the opening in the sheets.

A clip for loose leaf ledger sheets comprising a pair of clamping members adapted to be engaged with opposite sides of the sheets. and a loop carried by one of the members and adapted to be registered with the openings in the sheets, and a retaining member carried by one of the members.

6. A clip comprising a pair of clamping members, a horizontally disposed loop carried by one of the members and adapted to register with an opening in a loose leaf ledger sheet, and a retaining member carried by said loop.

7. A clip for loose leaf ledger sheets comprising a pair of clamping members, a loop carried by one of said clamping members and adapted to be alined with the opening in the sheet to reinforce the same, and a retaining member carried by the loop and disposed in the plane of one of the clamping members.

8. A clip for loose leaf ledger sheets having a pair of clamping members, a horizontally disposed loop carried by one of the clamping members to be positioned about the openings in the sheets, and a retaining member carried by the loop and located in the plane of one of the clamping members.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH C. DE NOYER.

Witnesses 2 E. T. BAn'rnrLn, W. P. Gosna, Jr.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

